AD ALTA JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH RESEARCH ON EUROPEAN MICROSTATES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE. SELECTED METHODOLOGICAL AND DEFINITIONAL PROBLEMS aMARCIN ŁUKASZEWSKI In the Polish political science literature exist: państwa karłowate (dwarf countries), relikty feudalizmu (remnants of feudalism), Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa UAM, ul. 3 Umultowska 89a, Poznań, Poland państwa miniaturowe (miniature states) . The first term is e-mail: [email protected] probably a consequence of adopting the terminology used such as by Barbara Sikorska, who in her paper of 1971, states the term dwarf (państwa karłowate) identified the three entities in Europe: Abstract: In today's world we have about 200 subjects for which there is no doubt that Monaco, San Marino and Liechtenstein, adding due to the nature they are sovereign countries. In the smallest of them live several thousand or even of contemporary legal situation, including Andorra. The author several hundred inhabitants. In modern social science there is no consensus as to what 4 might be called the ministates, microstates, small states and finally dwarf states. thus omitted the smallest state in the world - the Vatican . Among researchers there is no universally accepted term for 4 microstates lying in Behind her followed, among others such authors as Mark Europe: Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein and San Marino. Another problem is the Śmigasiewicz5, Przemysław Osóbka6 and Anna Sroka7. In turn, Vatican City, which as a specific legal and political solution, according to some, can 8 not be classified into microstates, and others believe is a full member "microstates Wojciech Jakubowski, Tomasz Słomka, Jacek Wojnicki and 9 community." This article aims to systematize terms which relate to small states in Tadeusz Jasudowicz argue that the term państwa karłowate Europe. (dwarf countries) is characterized pejoratively. However, it Keywords: european microstates, ministates, dwarf states, very small states, tiny seems that the term is so deeply enrolled in Polish science that countries. currently its use on the basis of science is free from any negative connotations10. Preface Norbert Pap, a Hungarian researcher, uses similar definition: relict states. Anglo-Saxon terms researchers use terms: tiny There are four: Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein and San Marino. countries11 and pocket states12. The United Nations has adopted Or maybe even six: Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, San different definitions. These countries are often described as a Marino, Malta and Vatican City? Some even claim that the small European states13, or very small states14, but in the latter ministates include Luxembourg and Iceland as well. There is no case in that category (except for Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein consensus as to which countries should be included among the and San Marino) also Nauru, Timor Leste dan Tuvalu. In the European microstates. Therefore let's look at the basic same way Christian Frommelt and Sieglinde Gstöhl determine determinant - the size of the state. Therefore let's look at the European ministates. Liechtenstein is a very small state basic determinant - the size of the state. The smallest 10 according to them, though in the title of their report, they place countries in Europe are in turn: the Vatican City (0.44 sq. km), very in brackets15. Monaco (1.95 sq. km), San Marino (61.6 sq. km), Liechtenstein (160 sq. km), Malta (316 sq. km), Andorra (468 sq. km), Luxembourg (2586 sq. km), Montenegro (13812 sq. km), 2. Which states are micro- and which are 'normal' states? Slovenia (20273 sq. km) and FYR Macedonia (25713 sq. km). If you look at the population, we observe that only part of the How to distinguish the state "normal" on the subject of this previous list of countries recur: the Vatican City (824), San article? It is very difficult, that there are no objective criteria to Marino (31,817), Monaco (32,796), Liechtenstein (34,761), conceptualize this issue. The most common treatment is easy to Andorra (84,525), Iceland (306,694), Malta (403,532), adopt a certain number of the population as a miniature state Luxembourg (474,413), Montenegro (672,180) and Estonia border between the states 'normal'. Stanley A. De Smith (1,340,122)1. suggested 150 thousand16, Patricia Wohlgemuth Blair and Dieter Ehrhardt - 300 thousand17. Markus René Seiler proposes that the In modern political science there is no consensus as to what might be called the ministates, microstates, small states and finally dwarf states. Among researchers there is no universally Żelichowski (ed.), (Instytut Studiów Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warszawa accepted term for four microstates lying in Europe: Andorra, 2010), p. 179. Monaco, Liechtenstein and San Marino. Another problem is the 3 W. Jakubowski, T. Słomka, J. Wojnicki, Systemy polityczne państw Europy niebędących członkami Unii Europejskiej, in: Społeczeństwo i polityka. Podstawy Vatican City, which as a specific legal and political solution, nauk politycznych, K. A. Wojtaszczyk, W. Jakubowski (ed.), (Oficyna Wydawnicza according to some, can not be classified into microstates, and ASPRA-JR, Warszawa 2007), p. 567. others believe is a full member "microstates community." This 4 B. Sikorska, Sytuacja prawnomiędzynarodowa europejskich państw karłowatych, (Sprawy Międzynarodowe, Warszawa 1971), p. 75. article aims to systematize terms which relate to small states in 5 M. Śmigasiewicz, System polityczny Księstwa Liechtenstein, (Dom Wydawniczy Europe. Elipsa, Warszawa 1999), p. 9. 6 P. Osóbka, Systemy konstytucyjne Andory, Liechtensteinu, Monako, San Marino, (Wydawnictwo Sejmowe, Warszawa 2008), p. 8. 7 A. Sroka, Państwa karłowate a Unia Europejska - kazus Andory, in: Pierwsza 1. Microstates, small states or dwarf states? Definitional pięciolatka. Małe państwa Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej w Unii Europejskiej, R. problems in social science Żelichowski (ed.), (Instytut Studiów Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warszawa 2010), p. 205. 8 In the literature there are many different definitions of small W. Jakubowski, T. Słomka, J. Wojnicki, Systemy polityczne państw..., op. cit., p. 567. states which we have on the European continent. In English, the 9 T. Jasudowicz, Przeoczone narodziny państwa-podmiotu. O ewolucji most popular are: ministates and microstates, although there are prawnomiędzynarodowego statusu Andory, (Zeszyty Naukowe WSP. Nauki Prawne, also such as: village states and (very) small states. Polish science z.I, Olsztyn 1998), p. 155. 10 In a similar way Przemysław Osóbka expressed. P. Osóbka, Systemy konstytucyjne theorists of international relations (Janusz Symonides and Andory..., op. cit., p. 8. Dariusz Kondrakiewicz) take direct translation from English, 11 T. M. Eccardt, Secrets of the Seven Smallest States of Europe: Andorra, they called minipaństwa (ministates) and mikropaństwa Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City, 2 (Hippocrene Books, New York 2005), p. 3. (microstates) . 12 M. Sobczyński, Państwa i terytoria zależne. Ujęcie geograficzno-polityczne, (Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2006), p. 178. 13 United Nations, International law as a language for international relations, (United Nations, The Hague 1996), p. 427. 1 CIA The World Factbook, http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factboo 14 The United Nations Security Council, Options for Small States Reykjavik, (Iceland k/goes/. 16 June 2008, United Nations), p. 2. 2 D. Kondrakiewicz, Państwo, in: Międzynarodowe stosunki polityczne, M. Pietraś 15 Ch. Frommelt, S. Gstöhl, Liechtenstein and the EEA: the Europeanization of a (ed.), (Wydanictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, Lublin 2006), p. 85.; J. (very) small state, (Utvalget for utredning av Norges avtaler med EU, september Symonides, Członkostwo, in: Organizacja Narodów Zjednoczonych. Bilans i 2011). perspektywy, J. Symonides (ed.), (Fundacja Studiów Międzynarodowych, 16 S. A. De Smith, Microstates and Micronesia: problems of America's Pacific islands Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, Warszawa 2006), p. 31. and other minute territories, (University Press, New York 1970), p. 5. Such a term (ministate) was also adopted by Marta A. Sosnowska who analyzed the 17 P. W. Blair, The ministate dilemma, (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, political system of Monaco. M. A. Sosnowska, Minipaństwo Monako, in: Pierwsza New York 1967), p. 3.; D. Ehrhardt, Der Begriff des Mikrostaats im Völkerrecht und pięciolatka. Małe państwa Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej w Unii Europejskiej, R. in der internationalen Ordnung, (Scientia-Verl., Aalen 1970), p. 102. - page 74 - AD ALTA JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH term microstates were endowed states with a population of less Furthermore, it should be noted that possession of UN member than 0.5 million inhabitants18. Jacques Rapoport and William L. status does not automatically confirm the status of a sovereign Harris set the number at 1 million19. Similarly, says Michael I. state. A perfect example confirming this thesis is the adoption of Handel20. H. Armstrong, this criterion increases to 3 million21. In India (subsidiary of the UK) as a member of this international turn, Dariusz Kondrakiewicz defined population of ministates of organization28. several hundred to several thousand22. It seems that although there is no consensus as to what should be the limit, there is no The most common definition of the state presented Georg dispute as to whether it should be based just on the criterion of Jellinek, who pointed out that the total experience